Just a poorly drawn carrot writing about life and stuff she cares about
Ever since I started to come to terms with the fact that I have a limited amount of energy at my disposal most days, I tried to find a strategy to allocate my resources in the least frustrating way. As the simple act of choosing activities / tasks – e. g. what needs to be … Continue reading One Thing a Day
I seem to have fallen out of the habit of writing a little something for the blog every two-ish months and interestingly, I’ve been feeling guilty about it. That, in turn, probably exacerbated my not wanting to write anything new, as it ended up being something else on my to-do list, waiting to be taken … Continue reading Exhaustion / Hello Again
I’m sitting on the carpet of my grandparents’ living room. I just came from a run and I don’t want to get dirt on the sofa – it had been raining and my clothes are muddy. I tell grandma about some work-related news that had made me sad. I tell her about my feelings, not … Continue reading Fragments
I feel like writing, but I don’t know (yet) how this post will turn out. Sometimes I have a very precise idea of what I want to write about and then I just follow through and put it into words. Most times, however, I change course in the middle of writing or I end up … Continue reading Therapy Mondays
I’m feeling so much grief right now. My heart feels heavy, yet hollow at the same time, like there’s a gaping hole right above my stomach. Tiny cracks seem to stretch out all over my body, making it difficult and painful to move. I sometimes can’t find the strength, courage even, to just do things, … Continue reading My Heavy, Hollow Heart
A friend of mine recently sent me the Buzzfeed article How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Peterson. As I started reading it, I noticed that it gave me a feeling of resonance that I had felt once before – yup, I had already read this. But even this time, there were certain … Continue reading The Self-Optimisation Conundrum
Carrot Days 